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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines

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Missourinet: Missouri’s Eric Schmitt to nation: Make America Safe Again

USA Today: Video: Eric Schmitt’s speech at Republican National Convention

KC Star: Eric Schmitt has been a critic of the Justice Department. He could end up leading it. (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Wednesday morning: Mary Elizabeth Coleman live on the air discussing meeting Vivek Ramaswamy, the mood of the convention and the role of Moms on a Mission (link opens at 0:30 mark)

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Tuesday morning: Bridgeton’s favorite son to speak tonight, plus Mazzie’s roll call role (link opens at 14:40 mark)

Southeast Missourian: St. Louis USPS office botches Jason Smith constituent mailers; local USPS workers struggle with backlogs, errors amid staffing shortages (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Charles County plant to get up to $400 million from Department of Commerce to expand semiconductor manufacturing

P-D: O’Fallon, Mo., firm to expand, add jobs with millions in federal dollars for semiconductor push (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Progressive groups criticize St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell in new report; Bell says report is a front for Cori Bush campaign (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

100.3 The Beat/Hallelujah AM 1600: Cori Bell agrees there may be a St. Louis “insurrection” if Wesley Bell defeats her in Democratic primary (via jasonriverastl on X)

100.3 The Beat/Hallelujah AM 1600: Brother Shahid calls Wesley Bell “Miss Wesley,” says Bell is a “buttlickin’, (unintelligible), buttjumpin’, butt-kissin’, butt-sniffin’, half-baked, half-fried, punkified, sissy-fied, pasteurized, homogenized Negro”; Cori Bush affirms Brother Shahid as a “free black man”

Brad & John Show, Wednesday morning: Recap of Cori Bush and Brother Shahid vs. Wesley Bell (link opens at 5:50 mark)

Brad & John Show (3/12/24): Running vs. running way: Justin Hicks’ congressional campaign means an exit from politics, and he’ll leave in a graceful way

Brad & John Show (5/21/24): Justin Hicks is set for a graceful exit from electoral politics (link opens at 7:30 mark)

Missouri Independent: Q2 fundraising recap: state Rep. Justin Hicks drops congressional bid; Hawley’s re-election; Missouri governor’s race tops $21 million, with most going to Kehoe; other races

Brad & John Show, Wednesday morning: Recap of Justin Hicks dropping out of congressional race (link opens at 12:45 mark)

JCNT: Q2 fundraising overview: Big Missouri campaigns raising big money

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: 60-second primer: how to make money losing a political campaign (link opens at 2:00 mark)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Progressive Media Cartel ‘Election Guide’ Debuts

SNL: Issue overview: Missouri governor candidates and education

Missouri Independent: August primary overview: GOP secretary of state candidates

P-D: Dark money group donates to 3 St. Louis-area Democrats who voted for school choice (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Wash U. Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital closing, whistleblower says (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Tuesday morning: Missouri cannabis cash and potheads smoking in public (link opens at 8:40 mark)

Brad & John Show, Tuesday morning: Wavis Jordan cries racism, plus St. Louis City and County corruption and loosie cigarettes (link opens at 1:27 mark)

SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation seeks public input on deer management plan

TonysKansasCity.com: Resolved: Kansas City Star should STOP political endorsements

SNL’s Susan Szuch: Missouri faith leaders denounce Hawley’s speech advocating ‘Christian nationalism’

The Missouri Times op-ed: John Martin (R) cannot represent the 44th State House District because he doesn’t live here

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: Missouri banned celebratory gunfire 13 years after KC girl’s death. What took so long? (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

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